Rail-fastener.



W. W. HOLLAND.

RAIL PASTENER.

APPLIUATION PI'LED 1111.5, 1911.

1,044,178. 'Patented N0v.12,191`2.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

` ,ratetealoa 12,1912.

Application led April 5, 15311..v Serial No. 619,135..

provements in Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.`

The object of my invention is toprovide a .new vand improved fastener having the combined, 'functions of holding. a railand adjusting it to secure the desired alinement.

The device consists of an angularly adjustable member having an eccentric surface for engaging the side of a rail to aline it. In its preferred form, it embodies, in addition to the eccentric surface, a ange which takes over the rail flange to hold the rail in adjusted posit-ion.

Tworail fasteners, embodying the various features of my invention, are shown in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of a rail, showing one fastener in section and another in elevation.l Fig. 2 is a. top plan of the cam or plate and toothed block. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the same. Fig. 4: is a perspective of the toothed or serrated block. Fig. 5 shows another embodiment of my invention. It is a vertical section through a rail, showing one fastener in' elevation and another one in central cross-section. Fig. 6 is a top plan of the eccentric plate or cam used in this fastener with the-holding block.- lTig. 7 is a bottom plan of the same.

My rail fastener or alining device consists of a cam or plate 1) which i preferably placed upon the rail support or ie and pivbearing in the plate. On its lower face this surface or shoulder 12 (see Figs. 1 and 3) of the usual bottom rail Harige 13. Beyond the eccentric surface, the edge of thel plate isformed into a flange 14 which engages the upper surface of the railA flange and serves to hold the rail in position when alined. Between the pivot and the eccentric surface,- the plate or cam 10 is slotted at 15 concentrically with the pivot 11, and the upper surface of the plate adjacent this slot is toothed or serrated at 16. A block-17, provided with similar lserrationvs 18 to coperate with those on the plate and apertured at 19 to receive a bolt which will also'pass'through the slot .15, is'A placed upon the top lof the plate` with its teeth or serrations coperating with those of the plate. A bolt 20 is suitabl embedded ,in the tie and passes upward t rough the slot 15 and through the hole 19 in the block. Both bolts 11 and 20 are threaded near their upper extremities and each is' provided with {.afnut 21`and 22 and a lock nut 23 and 24.

allowed to rest loosely with its serrations 18l in contact with the serrations 16 of the plate. The nuts 21, 22, 23 and 24 are screwed down over their respective bolts to 'a suitable position out of engagement with the plate and block. The plate 10, having its *eccentric surface 12 in Contact with the' side face of the .bottom flange 13 of the rail, is rotated, the eccentricit-y Vof the surface serving to move the rail laterally until the desired alinement is obtained. 4Then theanuts aretightened,-irst those numbered 21 and 22, and then the lock nuts 23 and 24. Thus we have 'the'rail rigidly secured in p'osition by` is found necessary from `any cause as wear.

ing or drawing of the rail.

In Figs.' 5, 6 and 7 I have show'n one of the many possible variations of my device.

lIt consists of an eccentric' late 30 pivoted als upon a bolt 31 which is ma e fast in the tie-f In this case, instead of serrating the top surface of the plate, I have provided'it with serrated edges, and instead of the block 17, I have supplied block 32Awhich is serrated or toothed at 3 3 to engage the teeth 34 on the i .plate or cam 30. The block is slottedat 35 cmodification is 'particularly adapted for use where the rails are close together, as Where a guard railis necessary or in the narrow angles of swltches. Its operationls apparent. Each tie is provided with bolts 3l on i Aof the rail. The nuts 41 and 42 are tightened on the end of the bolt, being brought down-against the block so `that itis immovable and the flange 39 of the plate is drawn against the flange of the `rail. IVhen the parts are thus placed, the rail is secured against play, but Ait may be easily7 adjusted at a moments notice.

v I have thus described, in detail, tWo em- Gcpies of this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, by addressin 'Washingtonnn C.

bodiments of my invention in order that its operation may be clearly understood. However, the specific terms herein are used in their descriptive rather than in their limiting sense and the scope of the invention is defined in the following claim:

In a rail fastener, a combination with a support, -a cam'member pivotally mounted on the support, the-cam member being slotted concentrically with the Divot and provided with an eccentric positioning surface and a flange to engage the rail',l the cam having a toothed portion adjacent the slot, a corresponding toothed block apertured to rcceive a bolt, the latter serving tu press the block againstthe caln to hold the latter iu a position of angular adjustment about its pivot.

Signed by me at Baltimore, Maryland, this 30th day of March, A. D. 1911.

WILLIAM W. HOLLAN D. VVitnesses:

EDWARD L. BASH, EDWIN F. SAMUELS.

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